Where does “подпрыгивать” come from?

подпрыгивать (Russian) comes from Russian подпры́гнуть, from Russian пры́гнуть, from Proto-Slavic *prygnǫti — to jump.

подпрыгивать (Russian): to jump up; to bounce up and down

Definitions

  1. to jump up; to bounce up and down

Ancestry of “подпрыгивать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianподпры́гнутьto jump up
2Russianпры́гнутьto jump, to spring, to leap
3Proto-Slavic*prygnǫtito jump
Every word from Proto-Slavic *prygnǫti →Every word from Russian пры́гнуть →Every word from Russian подпры́гнуть →